9 Sep 2019
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Emily Friedman

AR+VR Weekly: Notable Women, Apple's AR Device, and XR Documentaries

AR/VR Weekly

Catch up on the latest AR+VR highlights, funding news & launch announcements: Weeks of August 26 & September 2

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Highlights

Welcome to a double dose of our AR+VR weekly! In addition to keeping you up-to-date on the biggest news, funding activity, and launch announcements in immersive tech, here are eight stories that caught our eye:

On the heels of Google's Notable Women app, which uses AR to put women on US currency, Debra Lee Charatan asks whether VR can help create a more equal reality for working women. And with traditional print journalism dying, Kenny Kline wonders if immersive tech will save the journalism industry.

Meanwhile, programming code in iOS 13 suggests Apple is already testing an AR device; Ubisoft is building a 50-person team for an unannounced VR project; and Facebook is once again assuring it doesn't store Quest camera or Guardian data.

Finally, two XR documentaries: These Sleepless Nights, an MR documentary addressing homelessness in the U.S., debuted at the 76th Venice International Film Festival, while the Emmy-nominated VR film Traveling While Black continues to garner acclaim.